Mars golfers squeeze past Knoch
Jordan Buterbaugh and Matt Lewis both shot a 37 as the Mars boys golf team capped its season with a 197-198 win over Knoch at Saxon Golf Course.
Brian Routhieaux added a 39 for the Planets (10-8, 7-5) while Rob Gillespie led Knoch with a 37.
Mars 197: Brian Routhieaux 39, Jordan Buterbaugh 37, Matt Lewis 37, Scott Martinelli 41, Steve Brace 43
Knoch 198: Rob Gillespie 37, John Hook 39, Kevin Zitzman 39, Cam Fusko 40, Nate Rihn 43
Seneca Valley 198, North Hills 219 - Jason Camp and Wes Roberts each fired a 37 for the Raiders.
Seneca Valley (11-3) plays North Allegheny Tuesday at Cranberry Highlands, and the winner most likely will earn the second playoff berth.
Seneca Valley (198): Jason Camp 37, Wes Roberts 37, Kevin Day 38, Brett Spagnola 42, Mike Riederer 44
North Hills (219): John Powell 38, Kevin Locante 41, Bill Weeks 46, Rob Jamison 47, Bob Hankins 47
Freeport 218, Riverview 226 - Matt Krchnak fired an even-par 37 to help Freeport (12-2 in Section 1-AA), which wraps up the regular season Tuesday against Summit Academy at Buffalo Golf Course.
Freeport (218): Matt Krchnak 37, Joe Krowsoski 43, Mat Caripolt 45, Tyler Hill 46, Dan Wesolosky 47
Riverview (226): Andy Godish 41, Jason Hammel 43, J.D. Wagner 46, Mike Gregory 47, Dan Chirdon 49
Tam O'Shanter Invitational - Aaron Ordy's 78 led Butler to a 10th place finish out of 28 teams at the Tam O'Shanter Invitational in Mercer County.
The Golden Tornado tallied a 327, 19 strokes behind tournament champ Erie Cathedral Prep. Butler will close the season today when it hosts Pittsburgh Central Catholic.
Butler 327: Aaron Ordy 78, Matt Maloy 81, Andrew Shakely 84, Nick Blymiller 84
Slippery Rock 6, Oil City 0 - Drew Craig had two goals to key the Rockets' shutout.Joe Bryan, Ryan Zarichnak, Euna Jeon and Wes Craig each added a goal and Greg Walter recorded the shutout in goal.The Rockets (11-1-1) host Grove City Tuesday.Seneca Valley 2, Shaler 1 - Ryan Elser scored the game-winning goal while Ahmad Salim opened the scoring for the Raiders (8-5-1, 6-4).Knoch 6, Burrell 2 - James Morrow tallied a hat trick for the Knights (10-3, 10-2).Pine-Richland 1, Butler 0 - Evan Gould had a strong game in goal for the Golden Tornado (3-12), who will travel to Hampton Tuesday.Karns City 5, Brookville 0 - Goaltender Mike Lopresti recorded his eighth shutout for the Gremlins (11-2, 8-0)Zach Angert and Mark Ferguson each scored two goals. Angert, Andrew Harmon and Evan Crawford each had an assist.Karns City plays at DuBois Wednesday.
Karns City 4, Deer Lakes 2 - Junior Brittni Grenninger tallied all four goals for the Gremlins and now has 102 in her scholastic career.Britney Green had two assists and Nikki McElroy and Brittany Angert had one apiece for Karns City (12-2), which hosts Villa Maria Saturday.Slippery Rock 4, Wilmington 0 - Beth Reefer scored a goal and had two assists for the Rockets Wednesday.Emma Walter, Jence Rhoads and Melanie Prelec also scored goals for Slippery Rock.Robin Craig and Allison Perry combined for the shutout in goal.Mars 5, Highlands 1 - Nikki Frisbee scored two goals and also had an assist as the Planets won their fifth in a row Wednesday.Glennis Robash, Kaitlyn Angeletti and Stephanie Romanias also scored goals for Mars.
Ridgway Invitational - Travis Hendell placed fourth for Karns City with a time of 18 minutes, 53.79 seconds and Moniteau finished fourth overall with 91 points Wednesday.Eric Hillard was the top placer for the Warriors, placing 13th with a time of 19:24.88.Ridgeway InvitationalBoysTop 5 team results1-Bradford 28, 2-Northern Potter 61, 3-DuBois 74, 4-Moniteau 91, 5-Brookville 112Individual resultsMoniteau: 13-Eric Hillard 19:24.88, 18-Chris Switzer 19:47.07, 20-Aaron Smith 19:53.79, 29-Andy Weichey 20:31.10, 32-Mike Pope 20:52.89, 33-Matt O'Malley 20:55.18Karns City: 4-Travis Hendell 18:53.79, 8-Chris Prokay 19:05.43, 14-Travis Fiscus 19:27.64.GirlsTeam results1-Bradford 19, 2-Brookville 57, 3-St. Marys 74, 4-Northern Potter 84Individual resultsKarns City: 14-Genny Davis 22:58.22Moniteau: 21-Alison Metz 24:46.01, 24-Samantha Kristufef 25:44.69Karns City 23, Moniteau 33 (boys) -Travis Hendel took first place with a time of 18:36 to help the Gremlins (8-0, 7-0) stay undefeated.Karns City's Genny Davis won the girls competition, which was not scored.Moniteau's Lucas Rodgers and Karns City's Hannah Beck won the junior high boys and girls events, respectively.Boys Top 10Travis Hendel (KC) 18:36, Chris Switzer (M) 18:56, Travis Fiscus (KC) 18:59, Eric Hilliard (M) 19:04, Chris Harmon (KC) 19:16, Chris Prokay (KC) 19:18, Aaron Smith (M) 19:33, Andy Harmon (KC) 19:59, Matt O'Malley (M) 20:11, Justin Smith (KC) 20:33Girls Top 10Genny Davis (KC) 22:52, Sam Kristufek (M) 23:40, Alison Metz (M) 24:35, Amy Gladd (M) 24:45, Nikki Stiner (M) 27:20, Hannah Glass (M) 27:21, Michelle Gebhart (M) 27:52, Kristy Ice (M) 30:29, Amanda Gladd (M) 30:29, Jill Davis (M) 30:41
Grove City 3, Slippery Rock 2 - The Rockets (3-3) fell to the Eagles despite the performances of Kristin Staugh (26 assists), Hillary Pritts (13 kills) and Sara Hogg (10 service points).Butler 3, Shaler 0 - Kelsey Rice had 12 kills and Amy Achesinski had 10 kills and three blocks as Butler swept the Titans 25-21, 25-17, 25-21.Kala Schnur added 29 assists and seven digs and Jasmin Mehelich had 19 digs for the Tornado (8-5, 4-3), which will host Pine-Richland Tuesday.Moniteau 3, A-C Valley 1 - Haley McFeaters had 93 assists and three saves, Sam Gladd had seven digs and four aces and Nichole Young had nine digs as the Warriors pulled out a 7-25, 25-23, 28-26, 25-17 win.Mel Ciochetto added 23 spikes and seven kills and Sarah Bagdes-Canjning had nine kills and eight blocks for Moniteau (5-3), which will host Cranberry Tuesday.The Flacons received 18 kills from and 12 digs from Annie Hickman and 16 points and 11 kills from Cassie Morrison.Karns City 3, Rocky Grove 0 - Julie Baptiste and Christy Wallace had a strong showing for the Gremlins, who took this match by scores of 25-3, 25-14 and 25-10.Karns City also won the JV match 2-0.Knoch 3, Northgate 0 - Bekah Ogershok had 10 kills and Kariane Stuebgen had eight for the Knights (7-2) in their 25-16, 25-11, 25-12 win.Kari Pizer chipped in 15 service points and Leanne Wiefling had 11 for Knoch, which plays at Riverview Monday.
David Dunn and Kevin Geibel each scored two goals, but Butler Fox Chapel 6-5 in the season-opener Wednesday.Jordan English scored the other Golden Tornado goal.The junior varsity team claimed a 3-2 win.
Knoch 50, Hampton 14 - Alex Whisler scored three touchdowns, Dave Govan had two scores and Tyler Krahe and John Zellhart both added a touchdown of their own to power the Knights (5-1).